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Re:The Lost Art of Research as Leisure by markus_zhang on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @10:45AM (#43412679)
Yeah you could be right. I'm actually in a similar boat. I used to read a lot of fictions before 25-ish but then I got hooked by the Internet so I rarely read any books since then. I used to enjoy Tolkien and D&D novels a LOT but recently I found them to be meh.
Re:The Lost Art of Research as Leisure by magicmicah85 on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @10:50AM (#43412765)
Fiction is hard for me too, but I was able to reincorporate it by making it more social. I joined a local book club and they often read fiction books, so it's usually the better fiction out there and not stuff that I would pick out myself. I almost make it like a reading assignment, but if I don't like it, I will just not read it and say I didn't like it and listen to the discussion.

My wife also reads fiction so occasionally I'll read a book she is so we have something to talk about.